Finance Committee to continue Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Data Sharing and Governance Bill

The Committee will resume Pre-Legislative Scrutiny on the Draft General Scheme of the Data-Sharing and Governance Bill.

In 2014, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform published a policy paper on data sharing and governance. Submissions were invited from interested parties. The policy paper subsequently led to the Department publishing a General Scheme in 2015. The General Scheme is the first step in the drafting of a Bill intended to establish a new legal basis for the sharing of data between public service bodies.

Read the Draft General Scheme of the Bill here.

The following witnesses will appear before the Committee:

•    Digital Rights Ireland Ltd;
•    Mr. Denis Kelleher, Barrister-at-Law.

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